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No. 449,523. Patentd Mar. 31, 1891..

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JAMES H. COOKUS, OF CAMERON, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TD W'ILLIAM H. LANG, OF SAME PLACE.

CHURN.

SPEGIFICATION.forming part Of Letters Patent No. 449,523, dated. March 31, 1891.

Application filed August 7, 1890. Serial No. 361,395. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. CooKUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oameron, in the county of Clinton and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churn-Dasher Attachments; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in churns, the object of which is to enable the dasher of the churn to have a strictly vertical reciprocating movement with a minimum lateral motion, as will be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my attachment applied to use. Fig. 2 shows the lever detached from the dasher and pointing outward from the churn. Fig. 3 is a detail of the standard, knuckle, and lever detached from each other.

Proceeding now to describe the several parts of my invention, A is the standard, one end of which is attached to the outside of the churn-body near its top, while the other end reaches upward a proper distance above the lid and then preferably inclined slightly inward toward the dasher.

The body and dasher of the churn may be constructed in the usual manner or any preferred style, the former having the usual upwardly-tapering cylindrical body, while the latter is operated by the usual handle reaching up through a hole in the center of the lid of the churn, in order that the dasher may be manually operated thereby. Instead of applying the motive power direct to said handle, I prefer to communicate the power by means of a lever, which I will now proceed to describe, and which is referred to in the draw ings by letter O. The length of this lever is determined by the size of the churn and is provided with a vertical slot 0, adapted to receive the end of the dasher-handle and hold the same by means of the rivet or pin 0. While I have thus described the means of attachment as consisting of a slot provided in the lever, other preferred forms of bearings may be substituted, if prefe rred. The longer end of the handle is neatly shaped, so that it may be easily grasped by the hand and caused to have a vibratory motion, and thus communicate an upward and-downward movement to the dasher, as will be readily understood.

Proceeding now to describe one of the essential features of novelty comprised in my invention, attention is called to the knuckle B, one end of which is connected to the upper end of the standard, so that it will have a pivotal movement thereon either toward or away from the center of the churn. The other end of the knuckle is properly cutaway and is received by the slot in the end of the lever C. The opening in the end of the lever for the reception of the end of the knuckle is so shaped that the opening on the upper side extends nearer toward the point of attachment for the dasher-handle than the under side, formingthe inclined bearing-seat c, and, as the outer end of the knuckle is longer than the inner end thereof, forming the inclined locking end I), it will be seen that when the lever is disengaged from the handle of the dasher and caused to point outward, this peculiar construction of the knuckle will hold the lever in a horizontal plane when thus dotached, as is shown'in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the inclined locking end 1) coming in contact with the inclined bearingseat c. The object of thus holding the handle in a straight line out and away from the churn is that it may not drop downward and be in the way of the operator when it is desired to remove the contents of the churn-body.

Believing that the advantages and operation of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description,further reference thereto is thought unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lettors Patent, is

The combination, with a churn-body, of the standard mounted thereon, the knuckle-section B, pivotally secured to the standard and formed with the inclined locking end I)", adapted to automatically lock and support the operating-lever in a horizontal position when the latter is swung outward, and the In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in operating lever having the central slot pivthe presence of two witnesses.

oted t0. the locking; end of the knuckle and formed with the inclined bearing-seat c, l JAMES H. COOKUS.

adapted to engage with the inclined locking Witnesses: end b of the pivoted knuckle-section B, sub- D. J. REED,

stzmtia-lly as and for the purpose set forth. A. B. VICKERS. 

